S.Amdt. 924

SA 924. Mr. McCAIN (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to
be proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. ____. REPORT ON USE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN OF
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND RELATED SERVICES FOR
ILLICIT ACTIVITIES.

(a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
President, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of State, and the Director of National
Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on use by the Government of Iran of
commercial aircraft and related services for illicit
activities.
(b) Elements of Report.--The report required under
subsection (a) shall include a description of the extent to
which--
(1) the Government of Iran is using commercial aircraft,
including aircraft of Iran Air, or related services to
transport illicit cargo to or from Iran, including military
goods, weapons, military personnel, military-related
electronic parts and mechanical equipment, or rocket or
missile components; and
(2) the commercial aviation sector of Iran, including Iran
Air, is providing financial, material, or technological
support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's
Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, the Bashar al
Assad Regime, Hezbollah, Hamas, Kata'ib Hezbollah, any
organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization
under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1189), or any entity designated as a specially
designated national and blocked person on the list maintained
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of
the Treasury.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of
the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.

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(d) Sunset.--This section shall cease to be effective on
the date that is 30 days after the date on which the
President certifies to Congress that the Government of Iran
has ceased providing support for acts of international
terrorism.
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